Digital Participation - Why? Attended the ' Measuring the Unmeasurable: Digital Participation ' Seminar at Birmingham University on Monday 19th July. My motivation to attend stems from my interest in informal online learning and how connectivist methods of online learning can be used to promote digital participation. was unsure as to what to expect. Some thoughts!

'Digital content delivery is opening new possibilities in education. But how do you define digitaleducation? suppose there could be a variety of defining figures, but there are three trends in particular that the digitaleducation trend brings to the traditional teaching methodology – all improve learning outcomes. of textbook sales. Source: Knewton.

While kids are growing up with cell phones, internet access, virtual worlds and a culture that rewards creating digital networks and online content, the basic instructional paradigm for teaching those students has not adapted to the explosive use of technology among the culture of third millennials. And adding technology hardware is not enough, the next wave in engineering and technology education is to leverage the connectivity of the third millennials and their aptitude for creating content to share with others via web-based and mobile-based social networking tools.

then it stands to reason that the voice of students yet to reach Higher Education also have a voice that should be heard? This is a great video, students and staff alike, saying what their ‘digital age’ education should be … note the accessible, flexible, personal, social, and collaborative attitudes these students ‘want’ from their learning.

'Education and schooling are not the same thing. Education is where learning is personalised and unique to the individual. paradigm shift is happening in the world of education, and it is tearing away at the fabric of traditional schooling. Co-production of knowledge is emerging as a new model for learning in the digital age. All it needs is enthusiasm and opportunity.

” Is this another side to the digital native/immigrant or digital resident/visitor discussion (argument)? Related posts: More “Digital Immigrant vs Digital Native” Posts. Digital Native vs Digital Immigrant. Digital Native/Immigrant … or Resident/Visitor? What do you think?

What’s worse, however, is that it also confirms what we’ve all thought for a while now, that while “digital technology that has the power to transform education [it] often sits in boxes because teachers do not know how best to use it, a study claims.” “they say that too often they are used without a strong understanding of their power to transform education, and many schools still use technology to support 20th Century teaching methods and learning objectives.” Related posts: The Importance of Technology to Education #edtech.
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In June this year I presented a keynote speech at Middlesex University entitled Digital Tribes and the Social Web. One of the themes I developed during my speech was around the concept of new digital literacies. My argument is that new media and new opportunities for learning trhough digital technologies requires new literacies. Essentially, the literacies that have dominated higher education in the past are thought to be inadequate in the face of social network services, mobile technologies and pervasive computing. Below are the digital literacies I have identified.
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TechSmith is pleased to be a part of Digital Learning Day on February 6, 2013! Digital Learning Day is a national awareness campaign to celebrate the effective use of technology to enhance learning. TechSmith is honored to not only be a sponsor, but more so, we’re honored by the fact that our tools are making an impact in education. What is digital learning? How does TechSmith play a role in Digital Learning Day? TechSmith creates software to help empower educators and further engage their students. Some
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We are at the mercy of the curriculum of our time, and also the whims of the teaching staff who were in charge of our education. Public money funds the systems, so they feel it is their right (as democratically elected representatives of the public) to manage the education of the population. In a blog post entitled '' Digital literacies and the bottom line '' Steve Philp questions whether digital literacies should be taught as a part of the school curriculum. The term ''digital literacies'' is a relatively recent addition to our vocabulary. But look out.
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I have a problem with both the term digital native and how it has been manufactured into one of society’s greatest myths. In 2001, Prensky published a paper in the periodical On The Horizon entitled, “ Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants “ Through the first half of the article, Prensky paints the picture of Millennials (Digital Immigrants) being hard-wired differently from birth automatically leading to a digitally enhanced learning style. Learning and technology has nothing to do with generational divides. Hogwash. ” Balderdash.
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